CAMP CAPINPIN, Tanay, Rizal, Dec 29 (PIA) – As the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) supposedly celebrating their anniversary, two of their top NPA members were apprehended after a joint AFP-PNP operations served warrants of arrest in Atimonan, Quezon on December 26.
The government troops identified the NPA terrorists as Ruel Custodio alias Baste, head of Finance Staff of the Southern Tagalog Regional Party Committee who had a warrant for kidnapping and illegal possession of explosives and Ruben Estocado alias Oyo, a political instructor of Bicol Regional Party Committee. The duo were arrested in the house of Rhodora “Dhoray” Blas Tan, a Board Member from the 4th District of Quezon Province.